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Should Tamby be calling Penguins about Hemsky?http://blogs.edmontonjournal.com/2012/01/09/should-tamby-be-calling-penguins-about-hemsky/
http://blogs.edmontonjournal.com/2012/01/09/should-tamby-be-calling-penguins-about-hemsky/#commentsTue, 10 Jan 2012 00:43:30 +0000http://blogs.edmontonjournal.com/?p=103253With James Neal breaking his foot stopping a shot and Jordan Staal banging up his knee and being out weeks, they say, do you suppose Steve Tambellini has been on the blower to Pitsburgh counterpart Ray Shero about Ales Hemsky?…]]>With James Neal breaking his foot stopping a shot and Jordan Staal banging up his knee and being out weeks, they say, do you suppose Steve Tambellini has been on the blower to Pitsburgh counterpart Ray Shero about Ales Hemsky?

If not, why not?

Hemsky, as we all know, is an unrestricted free-agent July 1. His play on the just completed road trip was better as it went along, better after a game in Chicago when coach Tom Renney was upset that Hemsky seemed to slow down in the last 20 seconds in a race to avoid an icing with Hawks’ defenceman Nick Leddy. After that, Hemsky played hard. He drove to the net; in Dallas on Saturday he went hard and lost the puck off his stick and up-ended referee Tom Kowal behind the net. He worked hard, back-checked, tried to make things happen. But, again, there weren’t a lot of points. Two points in Buffalo in the 4-3 loss, an assist in St. Louis in the 4-3 loss but that was it.

I don’t know if the Oilers have engaged in any meaningful dialogue on a new contract with Hemsky, or not. I do know that he would be a prime rental. The Red Wings certainly are looking at him. The Los Angeles Kings need more speed at forward. And, now the Penguins, who are starting to feel the pinch without Sidney Crosby, have lost two of their top six forwards for weeks. They need help, now. I hear they were looking for help on their first two lines, even before Neal, who leads them in goals with 21 and Staal, their most versatile forward with 15 goals and 34 points, got hurt.

Neal stopped a shot from New Jersey’s Henrik Tallinder and is out until early next month. Staal had a knee-on-knee with former Penguin Mike Rupp and could be out six weeks. That’s two huge pieces of their offensive puzzle gone, along with Crosby, obviously. That leaves Evgeni Malkin with a lot of weight on his shoulders.

On Twitter, my Journal colleague Joane Ireland reports, “After 44 games, Corey Potter has earned himself a two-year contract extension with the Oilers. Currently on a one-year two-way deal.”

The signing isreportedly for $750,000 and $800,000, but that is unconfirmed. That looks like a good deal for the Edmonton Oilers, as Potter has proven himself to be an NHL defenceman. Not a top-pairing d-man, as he is being used right now, but a 4th or 5th d-man on a decent team.

Why do I say this?

At age 28, Potter is in his hockey-playing prime and he should remain there for at least a few seasons, giving time for Oilers prospects to develop where they should develop, in the American Hockey League. He’s a better player right now than any Oilers d-men save for Tom Gilbert and Ladi Smid, and while that speaks to the lack of quality and depth on this Oilers blueline, it doesn’t mean that Potter isn’t a short-term keeper. He is, especially if that price is correct.

In his first NHL season — after five years of training in the AHL — Potter is holding his own when it comes to two-way play.

A good NHL d-man will contribute to one scoring chance for every scoring chance against that he makes a mistake on.

Only two Oilers d-men, Smid and Gilbert, meet that test this year, but Potter is the next closest.

On defence, he rarely put himself out of position by way of rash pinches or by trying to flatten opponent, but concentrates on keeping his body between his own net and that of the player he is checking.

Potter has also done well on the power play, moving the puck faster and surer than any other Oilers dman. He’s been in on 12 power play goals already this year, behind only power play forwards such as Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, 22, Taylor Hall, 19, Shawn Horcoff, 19, and Jordan Eberle, 18.

He has a decent point shot — good enough to keep opposing PK units honest — but he doesn’t over-use it, instead moving the puck quickly to his more able and dangerous wing-men, Jordan Eberle and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins. That’s part of his hockey smarts, his main asset as a player at this point.

On the down side, he can get flustered and he’s not a fast player or an intimidating hitter. He’s not Chris Pronger in 2005, but he’ll certainly do for now, as Oscar Klefbom, Martin Marincin, Colt Teubert, David Musil and Jeff Petry develop.

]]>http://blogs.edmontonjournal.com/2012/01/09/oilers-make-sound-move-in-re-signing-corey-potter/feed/01cultofhockey_blog_bannerdavidstaplesedmontonCorey Potter, Edmonton OilersUlf Samuelsson feels Oil Kings good fit for his boyhttp://blogs.edmontonjournal.com/2012/01/09/ulf-samuelsson-feels-oil-kings-good-fit-for-his-boy/
http://blogs.edmontonjournal.com/2012/01/09/ulf-samuelsson-feels-oil-kings-good-fit-for-his-boy/#commentsTue, 10 Jan 2012 00:13:44 +0000http://blogs.edmontonjournal.com/?p=103233Ulf Samuelsson, maybe the orniest Swede to ever play, is on the phone from northern Swedish town of Ornskoldsvik, talking about his boy Henrik who has left historic MoDo to play junior for the Edmonton Oil Kings.

“This will be …

]]>Ulf Samuelsson, maybe the orniest Swede to ever play, is on the phone from northern Swedish town of Ornskoldsvik, talking about his boy Henrik who has left historic MoDo to play junior for the Edmonton Oil Kings.

“This will be a good fit for Henrik…he grew up on the small rinks and knows that style of game,” said Ulf, who coaches MoDo, the club that’s run by Markus Naslund and Peter Forsberg–two of their alumni along with the Sedins, Anders Hedberg, Thomas Gradin, Victor Hedman.

Henrik, who is eligible for the June draft and could be a late first-rounder, went to Sweden when his dad resigned last May as Dave Tippett’s right-hand in Phoenix to take the MoDo job. But he learned how to play the game in North America. He played 15 games in the Elitserien, their top league this winter, but the 6’2″, 200-pound forward, who will be introduced to the Edmonton folks Tuesday, was predictably overmatched at 17 with the men. He also played for their U20 team.

Ulf won two Stanley Cup rings with Mario Lemieux and the Penguins in the early 90s, then was traded to the New York Rangers (Samuelsson and Luc Robitaille for Petr Nedved and Sergei Zubov). He became fast friends with Kevin Lowe there. In one of those twists of fate, Kevin’s boy Keegan plays for the Oil Kings. He laughed at the odds of sons of the fathers being on the same junior team years later. Henrik was born in Scottsdale, Ariz. in 1994, and played for the U.S. national development team last season. Theoretically he could have played for Team USA in the recent world junior. Considering Ulf played for the Penguins and Rangers, they’re two likely candidates to take Henrik in the draft in June.

“I remember when I got to New York, Kevin took me under his wing and showed me around Manhattan. He was a real help to me,” said Ulf. “Henrik certainly knows Keegan (the Samuelssons stayed with the Lowe’s when Henrik was at Oil Kings’ camp in 2010 before he decided to play for the U.S under 17 development team) and some other kids there.”

Ulf’s other son Philip, a defenceman, was drafted by the Penguins in the second round in 2009. He had two years at Boston College but signed with the Penguins and is playing for their Wilkes-Barre, Pa. AHL farm club. He’s a defensive defenceman like his dad. Philip was born in Leksand, Sweden in 1991.

]]>http://blogs.edmontonjournal.com/2012/01/09/ulf-samuelsson-feels-oil-kings-good-fit-for-his-boy/feed/0nhlbymattyOliver blasted for stating the obvious on eve of NEB hearingshttp://blogs.edmontonjournal.com/2012/01/09/oliver-blasted-for-stating-the-obvious-on-eve-of-neb-hearings/
http://blogs.edmontonjournal.com/2012/01/09/oliver-blasted-for-stating-the-obvious-on-eve-of-neb-hearings/#commentsMon, 09 Jan 2012 22:56:07 +0000http://blogs.edmontonjournal.com/?p=103228Do some radical environmentalists twist the facts and deliberately distort the truth in an effort to demonize Alberta’s oilsands? Of course they do.

Consider what high-profile environmental activist Bill McKibben — a key player in the recent U.S. campaign against …

]]>Do some radical environmentalists twist the facts and deliberately distort the truth in an effort to demonize Alberta’s oilsands? Of course they do.

Consider what high-profile environmental activist Bill McKibben — a key player in the recent U.S. campaign against TransCanada’s proposed Keystone XL pipeline — wrote in a Globe and Mail op-ed piece last July.

He claimed Alberta’s “tar sands” — which account for about two per cent of the world’s oil output and a little over one-thousandth of global carbon emissions — constitute “the single greatest carbon bomb on the planet.”

And how is that, you ask? Don’t emissions from the Chinese and U.S. coal industries, for example, dwarf those from the oilsands? Sure they do.

Nonetheless, said McKibben, if we used up all the crude in the oilsands tomorrow — not next year or 20 years from now — then carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere would soar by more than 50 per cent.

Of course, what McKibben suggests is a physical impossibility. Producers couldn’t extract, process and transport more than a fraction of the oilsands’ reserves at any given time, even if there was a market for all that crude.

Nonetheless, McKibben’s provocative warning made it into the pages of the Globe anyway. A lot of naive readers in places like Ontario B.C. were surely influenced by it.

And how about the behind-the-scenes activities of foreign (primarily U.S.-based) foundations and activist groups? Have they funnelled money into the fight against Alberta’s “tar sands” and Enbridge’s proposed $6.6 billion Northern Gateway pipeline to Kitimat, on the B.C. coast?

And are some of the 4,000 people registered to speak at the pending National Energy Board hearings (a number that reflects the success of a “mob the mike” campaign orchestrated by B.C. activists) actually foreign residents? Yes they are.

Have “jet-setting celebrities” been part of the anti-oilsands campaign? Once again, the answer is obvious — yes. Robert Redford, Daryl Hannah and James Cameron are just three who come to mind.

I assume these are the folks federal Natural Resources Minister Energy Minister Joe Oliver was referring to when he issued a statement Monday on the eve of the NEB’s hearings into the Northern Gateway project.

Any working journalist who has been paying attention to the anti-oilsands campaign wouldn’t have been surprised by any of his comments.

Yet the enviro lobby reacted as it often does: by twisting and distorting Oliver’s own words.

“Rather than preparing to listen respectfully to community members in British Columbia, the Canadian federal government is acting as a spokesperson for Big Oil, accusing opponents of the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline of being ‘radicals’ and ‘foreigners,’ wrote Susan Casey-Lefkowitz, of the U.S.-based National Resources Defense Council.

For anyone who cares, here’s what Oliver actually did say, as reported by Postmedia’s Peter O’Neil:

“It’s in the national interest to diversify our markets. And that is a strategic objective,” he said in an interview. “But we’re not saying that this particular project should or should not be (approved). We’re not talking about this particular regulatory review.”

Oliver said the government is considering legislation or regulations to speed up the regulatory approvals process, moves that would be “urgent” and “in the national interest.” But he said such measures won’t interfere with the Northern Gateway hearings.

“We respect the regulatory process. We’re not trying to undermine the regulatory integrity” of the NEB, Oliver said, adding no steps that might be taken will “undermine that process.”

In other words, Oliver says Canada’s federal government believes it’s “in the national interest” to be able to export oil and natural gas to markets other than the U.S., which now consumes virtually all of Canada’s energy exports.

For anyone with an understanding of Economics 101, that’s been obvious for an excrutiatingly long time.

So too are the real-world realities that Oliver refers to when he talks about the undue influence of “radical” environmentalists, “jet-setting celebrities,” and “foreign special interest groups” who are trying to shape Canadian public policy to fit with their own agenda.

But don’t take it from me. Consider what Andrew Leach of the U of A’s School of Business has to say about one recent report he read from the environmental spin movement.

“I’ve read a lot of wild exaggerations in the debate surrounding the oilsands, and specifically around the Keystone XL pipeline, but I think this study from the Center for Global Development (CGD) takes the cake,” he says in a recent blog post.

“The study, in effect, equates 21 per cent of the effects of climate change due to projected global emissions between now and 2100 to oilsands development. No, really – here’s the direct quote,” he marvels:

“The Alberta Energy Resources Conservation Board currently estimates the deposit’s potential yield at 1,804 billion barrels of crude oil (AERCB 2011). For this analysis, I assume that the entire deposit will be mined and the extracted crude oil burned by 2100. Using standard conversion factors, full combustion would produce an atmospheric release of 209 gigatons of carbon, which would in turn raise the atmospheric CO2 concentration by 99 parts per million. This is 21.3 per cent of . . . a projected global increase of 464 ppm by 2100.”

“So, let’s put some of these numbers into perspective,” says Leach. “In order to extract and burn 1.8 trillion barrels of oil between now and 2100, you’d need average (oilsands) production of 54 million barrels per day. That’s more than the combined production of OPEC, Russia, Canada, the US, Mexico, and the United Kingdom (and) six times current Saudi Arabian production.”

The facts: current Canadian oilsands production is running at about 1.7 million barrels per day, or roughly two per cent of global output.

“Despite this, somehow the authors feel comfortable assuming, for the sake of illustration, that Canadian production might average 3,300 per cent above today’s levels between now and 2100 – a sustained rate of annual production growth of 25.2 per cent per year,” says Leach.

“But, that’s not where the craziness ends. You see, 1.8 trillion barrels is the measure of original oil in place – the total hydrocarbon resource. Only a small fraction of that volume is recoverable given forecast prices with current technology – oilsands reserves. The current estimate of that quantity is 170 billion barrels, or less than 10 per cent of the original oil in place.”

Although Leach says the oilsands will account for a “significant quantity of greenhouse gases” in coming years, the CGD study overestimates such impacts by at least a factor of 10.

With fear-mongers like McKibben and the CGD churning out such propaganda, one can only wonder how many naive people who vehemently oppose the oilsands, and the Northern Gateway pipeline, have already been swayed by such propaganda.

]]>http://blogs.edmontonjournal.com/2012/01/09/oliver-blasted-for-stating-the-obvious-on-eve-of-neb-hearings/feed/0glamphierOil Kings and Rebels: is the rivalry heating up?http://blogs.edmontonjournal.com/2012/01/09/oil-kings-and-rebels-is-the-rivalry-heating-up/
http://blogs.edmontonjournal.com/2012/01/09/oil-kings-and-rebels-is-the-rivalry-heating-up/#commentsMon, 09 Jan 2012 22:45:51 +0000http://blogs.edmontonjournal.com/?p=103225Playoffs, they say: that’s where teams begin to really form a rivalry and create a hate for one another.

And that’s why the Edmonton Oil Kings 4-3 shoot-out loss to the Red Deer Rebels is so interesting.

My, major junior hockey is cyclical, isn’t it?

A year ago, the Rebels were a well-oiled machine and finished in second place of the Western Hockey League’s Eastern Conference.

Edmonton, who finished seventh, was swept in four games of the opening playoff round by the Rebels.

But, on this Monday afternoon, the tables are turned.

The Oil Kings are one of the hottest teams in Canadian major junior hockey and are perched on top of the Eastern Conference with 59 points.

That’s 19 more than the Rebels, who are six points out of post-season action.

They will have to scratch and claw their way if they hope to still be playing hockey at the end of March.

Edmonton, on the other skate, can only get better: they’ve only lost 10 games this year.

The Oil Kings and Red Deer square off four more times this season, including three times in the last eight days of the schedule.

But first things first — the Rebels are back in Rexall Place Feb. 3, which could very well have playoff implications written all over for them.

And on the heels of a 4-3 shoot-out loss, the rivalry could very well be on.

]]>http://blogs.edmontonjournal.com/2012/01/09/oil-kings-and-rebels-is-the-rivalry-heating-up/feed/0camtaitOn the menu for the L.A. Kings tonight, Pancakes Penner back in line-uphttp://blogs.edmontonjournal.com/2012/01/09/on-the-menu-for-the-l-a-kings-tonight-pancakes-penner/
http://blogs.edmontonjournal.com/2012/01/09/on-the-menu-for-the-l-a-kings-tonight-pancakes-penner/#commentsMon, 09 Jan 2012 21:03:11 +0000http://blogs.edmontonjournal.com/?p=103201After missing Saturday’s game against Carolina, having thrown out his back while eating pancakes, Dustin “Pancakes” Penner is likely back in the line-up for the Los Angeles Kings tonight vs. the Washington Capitals.

On the Twittersphere and around the Internet, the news of Penner’s pancake-induced injury brought on much comment:

Greg Wyshynski at thePuck Daddy blog: “Things an NHL player should do when his weight and conditioning are constant points of contention and ridicule: Hit the exercise bike, hire a personal trainer, impose some dietary restrictions. Things an NHL player shouldn’t do when his weight and conditioning are constant points of contention and ridicule: Suffer an injury while eating a stack of ‘delicious pancakes.’ ”

Dennis King, MC79: “Thing is, a fat Dustin Penner is still more effective than a healthy Colton Teubert.”

Bruce Arthur, National Post: “We’ve all been there. RT @wyshynski Kings’ Dustin Penner injures himself while eating a stack of delicious pancakes.”

Dustin Nielson, the Team 1260. “Dustin Penner has twice as many goals as pancake related injuries this season. #twogoals”

Ryan Jespersen of BT Edmonton: “This is amazing. Even William Perry and Oliver Miller think Penner makes pro athletes look bad … Loved Barkley’s quote way back when: “The only way Miller’s dunking is if we balance a donut on the rim.’ ‘”

]]>http://blogs.edmontonjournal.com/2012/01/09/on-the-menu-for-the-l-a-kings-tonight-pancakes-penner/feed/01cultofhockey_blog_bannerdavidstaplesedmontonpancake-1Technically Outdoors – Jaspers’ Winter Party Gets Started Earlyhttp://blogs.edmontonjournal.com/2012/01/09/technically-outdoors-jaspers-winter-party-gets-started-early/
http://blogs.edmontonjournal.com/2012/01/09/technically-outdoors-jaspers-winter-party-gets-started-early/#commentsMon, 09 Jan 2012 20:53:10 +0000http://blogs.edmontonjournal.com/?p=103187Things were pretty quiet after we finished dinner in Jasper last Friday night as a few of us in The Jasper Brewing Company sipped on our beers. We wandered over and poked our heads into the Atha B which was …]]>

Marmots' Caribou Chalet

Things were pretty quiet after we finished dinner in Jasper last Friday night as a few of us in The Jasper Brewing Company sipped on our beers. We wandered over and poked our heads into the Atha B which was nearly empty. Later on it was getting much livelier at the De’d Dog Pub, and by midnight the place was packed. After we were sleeping soundly for a couple of hours, we were awoken by a loud bunch of knuckle-draggers making their way back to their hotel rooms. The party had definitely started.

The Ice Bar at Marmot

The next day at noon up at Marmot Basin, things were rocking. At the mid-mountain Eagle Chalet the ice-bar was carved out, the bonfire blazing, and the drinks were flowing. Saturday night was a blast as we bar-hopped all the way around town. If and when you head up to Jasper check out all the action around town. There are little hole-in-the-wall joints to explore all the way up to the live-music-bass-thumping Athabasca Hotel. Conditions on the mountain are fantastic, and the rates are reduced for the next couple of weeks for hotels and lift tickets.

Jasper in January runs Jan 13-29. For all the events check out Fire and Ice at:

]]>http://blogs.edmontonjournal.com/2012/01/09/technically-outdoors-jaspers-winter-party-gets-started-early/feed/0zekeskisBeer Time JasperIce Bar MarmotFrom Cancun to Edmonton: Wilson gets the dog’s life he deserveshttp://blogs.edmontonjournal.com/2012/01/09/from-cancun-to-edmonton-wilson-gets-the-dogs-life-he-deserves/
http://blogs.edmontonjournal.com/2012/01/09/from-cancun-to-edmonton-wilson-gets-the-dogs-life-he-deserves/#commentsMon, 09 Jan 2012 20:46:17 +0000http://blogs.edmontonjournal.com/?p=103186
There was no telling how long the dog had been bobbing in the ocean in the waters off Cancun by the time he was rescued.
By then, he had so much salt water in his ears and in his stomach …]]>
There was no telling how long the dog had been bobbing in the ocean in the waters off Cancun by the time he was rescued.
By then, he had so much salt water in his ears and in his stomach — to say nothing of his other injuries and medical issues — no one imagined he would even survive.
Survive he did, though, and eventually made his way to Edmonton — and straight into Jannet Talbott’s heart.
Talbott first saw the dog she named “Wilson” — after the basketball cum companion who shared a deserted island with Tom Hanks in the movie Castaway — on the website of a local animal rescue organization known as WHARF, or Whitecourt Homeless Animal Rescue Foundation.
If the photograph of the pooch stole Talbott’s heart, the accompanying story practically broke it in two.
Talbott called me after I asked readers last week for stories from people who have adopted pets from Mexico, where homeless dogs roam the street by the hundreds and have to fend for themselves.
When fishermen in the port towns come in with their catch, the dogs sneak onto the boats to scavenge for fish guts and whatever else they can find.
Sometimes they’re still hiding on the boats when the fishermen put out to sea again, and, when they’re discovered, are simply tossed over the side.
And so it was with Wilson, who is thought to have been paddling around in the water for days by the time he was spotted and pulled onto the boat that rescued him.
He was taken ashore in Cozumel and handed over to a local animal shelter where, exhausted by his ordeal, he slept for nearly a full week.
Barely 10 pounds, he was thought by the vet to be a cross between, of all things, a Pomeranian and a golden retriever. The vet also guessed him to be about eight years old, unheard of for most street dogs, whose life expectancy is somewhere between two to four years.
Wilson had never been vetted before so his nails had grown under his feet and his dew claws into his hind legs. He had a serious infection in his eye that necessitated its removal and was also grappling with a host of maladies that required medication.
He was, in short, a perfect candidate for WHARF.
“We take the really bad cases, the ones that are really special needs,” says Ashley Lee, who runs the non-profit organization with her sister, Tessa.
They also own a gourmet pet bakery in Edmonton called Food Dish Wishes, where they sell a wide variety of homemade pastries and ice creams using all natural ingredients.
In addition to helping cats and dogs close to home, WHARF started reaching out a couple of years ago to help abused and abandoned animals farther afield.
The sisters joined forces with a group called Cats and Dogs International, or CANDI, which transfers homeless cats and dogs from Playa del Carmen and Cancun in an effort to help them find their forever homes here in Canada.
“We have a really good adoption rate,” says Ashley.
She says the mixed-breed dogs that come from Mexico, in addition to being meek, are incredibly affectionate, and so appreciative of getting a second chance at life.
Talbott knows that first-hand. She adopted Wilson in June, and he has since become her shadow.
She says he fits perfectly into her family, which also includes two cats, a horse and a big golden retriever named Riley.
Riley has his name on an all-natural supplement powder Talbott developed in 2006 in collaboration with friend and master herbalist Rainer Geertz. Intended to contribute to the overall health of cats and dogs and boost their immune system, Riley’s Legacy Inc. exceeded all their expectations.
Three years ago she entered into a licensing agreement with Pet-tek who markets the product and sells it in specialty pet food stores across Alberta.
Last month, Wilson underwent surgery to remove some abscessed teeth — the nerve was exposed on one of them — and had his ears flushed out.
“Now we’re starting with a clean slate,” says Talbott. “For the first time, likely in his life, he is pain free. I’m already seeing a difference, even though he still has stitches in his mouth.
“My heart gets bigger every day because of him. I have so much respect for his courage, and his will to live. I made him a promise: You will have the life every day that every animal deserves; you will receive love on a daily basis.”
jhall@edmontonjournal.com
twitter.com/@jamiejeanhall]]>http://blogs.edmontonjournal.com/2012/01/09/from-cancun-to-edmonton-wilson-gets-the-dogs-life-he-deserves/feed/0jamiejeanhallmexico dog0009.jpgVeteran foodie Anita Stewart awarded the Order of Canadahttp://blogs.edmontonjournal.com/2012/01/09/veteran-foodie-anita-stewart-awarded-the-order-of-canada/
http://blogs.edmontonjournal.com/2012/01/09/veteran-foodie-anita-stewart-awarded-the-order-of-canada/#commentsMon, 09 Jan 2012 19:28:13 +0000http://blogs.edmontonjournal.com/?p=103181Stewart is a legend in the Canadian foodie community. She’s the founder of Food Day, a regular contributor to CBC radio and the author of 14 books, including Anita Stewart’s Canada: The Food, The Recipes, The Stories. She’s also a …]]>Stewart is a legend in the Canadian foodie community. She’s the founder of Food Day, a regular contributor to CBC radio and the author of 14 books, including Anita Stewart’s Canada: The Food, The Recipes, The Stories. She’s also a judge for Gold Medal Plates, and I was lucky enough to meet her a few months back when she was in Edmonton for a food and tourism event. Stewart is on the Advisory Council for the Governor General’s Award in Celebration of the Nation’s Table and is an honourary lifetime member of the Canadian Culinary Federation of Chefs and Cooks (CCFCC). Check out her website.]]>http://blogs.edmontonjournal.com/2012/01/09/veteran-foodie-anita-stewart-awarded-the-order-of-canada/feed/0lfaulderThe Canadian Culinary Book Awards changes its brandhttp://blogs.edmontonjournal.com/2012/01/09/the-canadian-culinary-book-awards-changes-its-brand/
http://blogs.edmontonjournal.com/2012/01/09/the-canadian-culinary-book-awards-changes-its-brand/#commentsMon, 09 Jan 2012 19:10:26 +0000http://blogs.edmontonjournal.com/?p=103177The Canadian Culinary Book Awards are now to be called Taste Canada: The Food Writing Awards.

The program will recognize excellent and creativity in food and beverage-writing and publishing. All Canadian publishers are invited to submit nominations to the 2012 …

]]>The Canadian Culinary Book Awards are now to be called Taste Canada: The Food Writing Awards.